How to Get Rid of Acne Scars?
Before treating acne scars, treating acne properly is necessary. Most often scars form after acne lesions has healed. When acne lesions heals, it needs collagen production and fast tissue growth. Due to infection, rate of tissue growth is often slow and collagen do not fill the empty space of skin. That’s why, there appear acne scars. Let’s discuss the ways of scar treatment?
Collagen Injections: If the scars form due to lack of collagen, collagen is injected in to the scars. Although the treatment is effective, it is a little painful and requires around 1 or two sessions each week. Improvement begins after 6 to 8 week of regular sessions. This method is usually used for severe hair loss.
Microdermabrasion: Microdermabrasion is another method of treating acne and acne scars. In this procedure, minute particles of aluminum oxides are used to exfoliate the dead skin cells and smoothing the texture of skin. It is very effective method and can be done even at home with your own kit. There are hundreds of types of kits available in the market for performing microdermabrasion at home.
Chemical Peel: It is another most effective technique for smoothing the appearance of skin and treating scars. In this procedure Phenol, trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and alphahydroxy acids (AHAs) are used to chemically exfoliate the dead skin layers that gives your skin ugly look and texture. Although chemical peel is effective, people having sensitive skin usually do not prefer chemical peel for treating acne scars.
Laser Resurfacing: In this method, laser is used to remove damaged skin layers and stimulates the production of collagen by transferring heat energy to collagen producing cells. Before performing this procedure, local anesthesia is used while you are awake. After the treatment, the skin is covered with topical antibiotics.
June 11th, 2008 - Posted in Acne Information | |
